I was tinkering with a script and noticed a form show up in the MISC section of my inventory named "http://i.imgur.com/XKBGc.jpg", so I dropped it and lo and behold, there was a http://i.imgur.com/2ydF6.jpg of the default Player you are if COC'ing from the main menu. I then tried with other characters and was able to create more copies. Anyhow, I've discerned it's an http://www.creationkit.com/EquipItem_-_Actor#Notes anomaly. Not sure why it works, but it might come in handy for someone's cloning lab...

The below will add an Alduin _NPC form to the MISC section of the player's inventory that, when dropped, will be a full-sized Alduin actor.

Game.GetPlayer().EquipItem(MQ101AlduinREF.GetBaseObject())

[ACHR:00032DB7] is MQ101AlduinREF

i smell an action figure mod coming soon

Ha! Gotta catch 'em all?

http://i.imgur.com/yXQyv.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhnIqgTEBS8

Now THERE's an idea for a hit mod.

We just need somebody to script a soul gem to capture a creature when their health is low, an arena to battle NPC's creatures, and a creature exp system. I think you've just stumbled onto a gold mine!

- Hypno

*starts a Mel Brooks marathon*There's bound to be something it could be handy for. Isn't that odd though? I'll try to figure out how to capture the reference made when the actor is dropped. From there it could be scripted to do whatever. The actor MISC forms can be stowed in containers too. The Player copy had weight, but Alduin was weightless.

Interesting finding.This deserves some research...

At some point, someone was asking about Oblivion's http://cs.elderscrolls.com/index.php/CreateFullActorCopy. I tried to find the thread to post this in but couldn't find it, but this could serve as a jury rig for that.

Copies of a character have the actor's base items/stats it seems. I'm very curious to see what others find.

About curiosities (and knowing you are also interested in ways to create onload checks), I think you will like this: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1368850-setav-does-not-stick-past-saveload/

Yeah. Saw that and couldn't help but think it'd make for another bootleg GetGameLoaded() if ever LeveledItem.AddForm() is made to persist.

'GetGameLoaded(3.01, MaiqTheLiarREF)'
Edit:

Whittled it down to a one-liner:

Game.GetPlayer().EquipItem((Game.GetForm(0x00032DB7) As ObjectReference).GetBaseObject())

So far, I've not been able to get it to work with anything but an ACHR, nor have I been able to set an ObjectReference/Actor variable/property to the dropped _NPC*.

*Good call, RandomNoob

In regards to getting an Actor variable for the dropped NPC, how about putting a script like this on the player?

Actor MyPokemon;;;Event OnItemRemoved(Form akBaseItem, int aiItemCount, ObjectReference akItemReference, ObjectReference akDestContainer)	if (akBaseItem as ActorBase)		Utility.Wait(1)		MyPokemon = Game.FindClosestReferenceOfTypeFromRef(akBaseItem, Game.GetPlayer(), 512.0)	endifEndEvent

EDIT: Or I guess you can actually just use akItemReference.

The question is akbaseitem will return the base ID of the actor or the base ID of the fork?

What does the fork have to do with anything?

"0x00032DB7" is the reference ID of the Alduin npc, not a fork.

Oh! The fork base ID was used in the previous version and I assumed it was the same ID.

Will plug that into a PlayerAliasScript and see.

Edit: Yep. That caught him. Good call.Yeah, the fork ended up being irrelevant, as did the ObjectReference array.


Edit: Provided an ObjectReference script is attached to the base actor, OnContainerChanged, OnEquipped, and all the other events seem to work.